One-man operated combination wire and marline serving mallet



April 22, 1947. J. c. WINGATE 2,419,241

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Patented Apr. 22, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ONE-MAN OPERATED COIWBINATION WIRE AND MARLINE SERVING MALLET James Craig Wingate, Jacksonville, Fla.

Application June 15, 1945, Serial No. 599,694

4 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in wire and marline serving mallets, and more particularly to a one man operated combination wire and marline serving mallet which will be constructed to support a spool of seizing or wire strand, or marline, which will be served about a splice in a cable and made secure by a clove hitch or any other form of hitch.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved form of one man operated combination Wire and marline serving mallet, whereby one man may serve 3. splice in a cable and secure the same by means of a clove hitch or any other desired type of hitch, said operation formerly requiring the services of two men to perform, is by using my invention now performed by one man, with a consequent saving of one mans time.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved form of serving mallet which will support its own supply of Wire or marline, and which will be provided with means whereby the wire or marline may be tensioned to the desired degree when the same is being served about a splice in a cable, thus providing a protection for the splice against exposure and hard usage.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved form of serving mallet which will be formed to interchangeably support a spool upon which a supply of wire or marline may be previously wound, and means further provided for the tensioning of the wire or marline .as it is served about a splice in a cable.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which part of my application,

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the serving tool in use on a cable, the cable being shown in section;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the front portion of the serving tool, taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an elevation viewed from the left side of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a side elevation, partly in section showing the winding crank on the spool illustrating the method in which the wire is wound on the spool.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a one form a 2 man operated combination wire and marline serving mallet having a head I, a handle portion 2, and an intermediate enlarged portion 3 havin a fiat surface 4 arranged at a 45 degree angle to the base of the handle, said surface 4 pro- Viding a supporting base for the spool supporting rod 5, which is threaded at its opposite ends, and is adapted to thread into the said base 4 and to extend forwardly therefrom in a direction towards the head I. The spool 6 upon which the strand wire I or marline is wound, is slid on to the supporting rod 5, and a washer 9 placed over the outer end of the rod 5, after which a coil tensioning spring III is placed over the rod and a second washer II placed over the rod in engagement with the outer end of the coil spring I0. Two nuts I2 and I3 are then threaded on the threaded outer end of the rod 5, and the degree of tension on the wire 'I or marline as it is fed through the head I may be varied as desired.

A guide opening I4 is drilled through one side of the head I and comes out at the top of the head I adjacent its forward end, as clearly illustrated in the drawings. A wire guide groove I5 is cut in the top-surface of the head and connects the forward opening in the head with the front face of the head, said groove then extending downwardly to the bottom of the head as at I6. A work engaging channel I1 is cut transversely across the bottom surface of the head I,

and is connected with the wire guide groove I6 by means of the groove I8 cut in the bottom of the head I.

The opening I4 drilled through the side of the head is arranged at substantially'90 degrees from the center of the length of the spool 6, so that the wire 'I or marline will pass from the spool 6 to and through the guide opening I4, and in the wire guide grooves I5, I6 and I8, respectively, to a point adjacent the work engaging channel H, at which point the wire or marline is served on to a splice in the cable, by simply placing the mallet on the cable that has been spliced with the cable in the channel I1, and manually rotating the mallet around and around the cable until the serving operation is completed, after which the wire I may be secured by means of a clove hitch or any other type of hitch.

The mode of operation of my improved serving mallet is as follows: Assuming that the spool 6 is wound full of the wire I, and the wire is passed through the passageway I4 and in the grooves I5, I6 and I8, and an end of the wire is started from a point adjacent the eye of the splice and is wound back to a point below the splice, after which the tool is placed with the work engaging channel I! on the cable 59, and is rotated around the cable applying or serving the wire I on the splice until the spliced area has been completely covered, and the wire has been brought to the starting point, after which the wire is secured. by means of a clove hitch or any other desired hitch. In this manner the splice will be protected from exposure and hard usage. It will be understood that the wir may be served on the splice under any desired tension, by merely tightening down on the coil spring '1'? by adjusting down on the nuts I2 and I3.

Many minor changes in detail of construction may be resorted to Without departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A combined wire and marline serving mallet comprising a one piece head and handle, an ofiset shoulder formed intermediate said head and the end of said handle, a wire supply spool supported on said ofiset shoulder, said head having a wire guide opening formed through its side at approximately right angles to the middle of the length of said wire supply spool and terminating on the upper surface of said head, a work engaging channel formed transversely of said head on its lower surface, and connecting Wire guide grooves extending from said last mentioned guide opening across the top, end and bottom of said head to said work engaging channel.

'2. -A combined wire and marline serving mallet comprising a one piece head and handle, an offset shoulder formed intermediat said head and the end of said handle, a wire supply spool supported on said ofiset shoulder, said head having a wire guide opening formed through its side at approximately right angles to themiddle of the length of said wire supply spooland terminating on the upper surface of said head, a work engaging channel formed transversely of said head on its lower surface, connecting wire guide grooves extending from said last mentioned guide openingacross the top, end and bottom of said head to-said work engaging channel, and means for variably tensioning the wire as it is wound from said wire supply spool on to the work.

3. A combined wire and marline serving mallet comprising a one piece head and handle, and offset shoulder formed intermediate said head and the end of said handle, a wire supply spool supported on said ofiset shoulder, said head having a wire guide opening formed through its side at approximately right angles to the middle of the length of said wire supply spool and termina ing on the upper surface of said head, a work engaging channel formed transversely of said head on its lower surface, connecting wire guide grooves extending from said last mentioned guide opening across the top, end and bottom of said head to said work engaging channel, and resilient means for variably tensioning the wire as it is wound from said wire supply spool on to the work.

4. A combined wire and marline serving mallet comprising a one piece head and handle, an offset shoulder formed midway of said handle, a wire supply spool supported on said offset shoulder, said head having a wire guide bore formed through one side and terminating on the upper side thereof, a work engaging channel formed transversely of the lower surface of the said head, interconnected wire guide grooves connecting the upper end of said bore and extending over the top, end and bottom of said head terminating in said transversely extending Work engaging groove, whereby the wire from said cable supply spool will follow a series of right angle bends in transit to said work engaging channel.

JAMES CRAIG WINGATE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,838,874 Serres Dec. 29, 1931 1,890,739 Lunt Dec. 13, 1932 2,250,080 Quinn July 22, 1941 1,431,784 Dillon Oct. 10, 1922 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 7 253,321 British June 17,1926 371,389 British Apr. 19, 1932 

